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VILLAFUERTE TO SENATE: PASS “BETTER NORMAL” BILL; HOPES FOR EARLY CONGRESSIONAL OK OF BAYANIHAN 2

Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has appealed to senators to help Filipinos live in a safer environment until such a time that the threat of the coronavirus pandemic subsides by passing soon enough its version of the House-approved “Better Normal’ bill that prescribes a ‘whole-of-society’ approach to strict mandatory safety and physical distancing protocols aimed at […]

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HOUSE APPROVES ‘BETTER NORMAL’ BILL

A measure establishing public health and safety standards to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) got a unanimous vote during its third and final reading at the House of Representatives. The chamber passed House Bill 6864, otherwise known as the proposed “Better normal for the Workplace, Communities and Public Places Act”, with 242 […]